Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language: The Comic [xkcd: volume 0]

Filed in Shared Discovery on Sep.16, 2009

xkcd:volume 0 - Cover

The first comic book from Randall Monroe, the genius behind the xkcd web comic is available for purchase! xkcd:volume 0 features 600 comics, selected by Monroe, and include fan and author favorites. Obviously, owning a book of a widely distributed, freely-available web comic is merely for the novelty of the tangibility of a comic book, however, the comics in the book have been assembled from high-resolution scans of the original artwork, and include author notes, doodles, and puzzles in the margins of the book, adding a personal touch to the comics not available online (yet, I’m sure).

A popular feature of the xkcd web comic is the alt (aka, tooltip or mouseover) text, the text a user sees when he/she hovers or an image. The alt text usually contains an afterthought of the comic, or some additional insight. Because of the non-interactive nature of a book (crazy talk, I know), the alt text has been included with each comic in appealing fashion

The book is being published by Breadpig and a portion of the publishers profits will go to the Room to Read charity to help build a school in Laos.

I’ll post again when I receive my copy!